Metaphors are often used in poetry, literature, songs and everyday speech to make the tone more illustrative or expressive. Metaphor examples in songs include: "Life is a highway." "I am titanium." ...

Figures of speech are used in many kinds of texts, including legal texts. The late Justice Scalia saw “speech” and “press” in the First Amendment as “a sort of synecdoche” (p. 38 here).

Figures of speech are also pervasive in the Book of Genesis. This is the sixth post in a series on "Genesis 1-11: A New Old Translation for Readers, Scholars, and Translators." ...

When used well, figures of speech provide vivid imagery, which helps you as a leader cut through the clutter to get individuals’ attention. This imagery also enhances understanding and makes ...

Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 97, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1977), pp. 441-459 (19 pages) Compared with classical Sanskrit the style of the Rāmāyaṇa is undeveloped, with very few figures of ...